The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-10-05
How PGwdsrlY Thinks This Sphere Ought to
bs Instead Of What it is.
More Practical Than the Desires Of fHUss
Who Pray Without Acting.
The Knights . Political Organization in the
True Sense Of the Word.
Nothing Stin But Corpse-rhe Immigra-
tiOn Question as POwderly Views it
The Temperance Question.


man I. V. Powderly, Gen. Secretary @. II.
Iitchman and most of the other delayed |
delegates to the Knights of Labor General |
Assembly arrived this afternoon. The |
great hall, capable of seating 10, 900 people |
was crowded at the time of the opening OF
the evening exercises. On the platform
were the prominent leaders OF the organi.
zatioD, ]. P. McGoughey, Secretary of the
Cooperative board and prominent Mime
apolis knight, presided and made brief
opening address. General Master Work
man POwderly's s address on 1.-THE World as
Knighthood would make it," was received
with unboUnded enthuiasm. 1t was as
follows:
"Mr. Chairman: You hrve iust..to this
immense audience that would tell them
what the world would be did Knighthood
have the making of it. Twill tell you moth
ing of the kind. l cannot. | will1say but a
few words. My condition is not what 1
would like to have 1t to discuss so large a
subject. ] come here tired out. have
been busy for weeks. 1 prefer to be only
spectator among you.
"The world as Knighthood would make
it would take more time than l could give
it here tonight. Thy will be done, Thy
kingdom come These are the words
spoken by all denominations in prayer.
Do you mean what you say in these words?
Men say the Knights can never attain what
is aimed at in their declaration of prin-
ciples. Then they go to church and pray
for better things than the Knights
ever dreamed of. Knighthood would
not pave the streets with gold.
The men who pray that this earth
be made as the kingdom of heaven would
deny us place In legislative halls. These
places are not the kingdom of heaven.
The men who make these prayers lie when
they make them. They are hypocrites.
The knights of Labor respect the law and
they intend to take a hand in making the
laws.
"How many millionaires are there In this
room tonight Laughter]. Not one.
Well, how many men and women of moder-
ate means? l would not ask you to stand
uD, for that would get you all on your feet.
We intend to educate our people so that
they will be able to 60 there. They should
be educated so that they will be able and fit
to take high positions in life. Our organiza-
tion is not partisan organization, bat in
the true sense of the world it Is a po-
litical organization. The man who studies
with us will be able to vote in.
telligently; If he is not there is
something wrong with his head. We are
an organization. Nothing ever is still but
a corpse. We have "kickers." When one
bad man kicks there are thousand good
men and women to resent that kick. | say
all hail to the kickers.
IMMIGRATION QUESTION.
81 have been taken TO task on a few
things. / want 10 say few things on i'm
migration. 1t has been charged that did
not favor immigration. 1t is a mistake. /
am of foreign birth myself. 1 was not born
early enough TO keep my father from COM
ing to this country. ] would not have
done so if 1 could. ! have no objection to
land grant company has its immigration
agents. They bring in all manner of for
eigners. II one of these poor creatures raises
his hand not against law-for he knows not
but against what he sees Just before
him, he is called an Anarchist and is pun
ished, while the men who loaded these
poor creatures on this country 90 free.
[Thunderous applause]. l hate Anarchy
and l hate Anarchists. How can the child
resred in poverty, squalor, ignorance and
vice grow up to respect the Institutions of
this country. When 1 say stop the agent
of the steamship companies, take home
the agent of the land company, stop i'm
porting foreign paupers, let only those
come to ouI free America who come of their
own will to make their homes here, is that
saying anything against foreigner [Cries
of mo-" mot. thought you would say
so. This is why am called crank on the
immigration question.
81 am also called a crank on the temper
ance question. / may be crank on this
question, but am not ashamed to say that
i would far rather see man sober than q
drunkard. 1t is better to educate our
children to be temperate than to be drunk
ards. There il not man living who will
say that it is right to bring into the home
that which damns the head of the family.
There are those who have threatened TO
leave the Order because of my position on
this question. / say to all who swould
withdraw for such cause, go" / will
trust the fate of this nation with sober
men and women. I will never take back
one word OF what have said on the tenn
perance question, so help me God. The
all kinds and all classes will be
banded together for a common purpose.
Coming to this city, picked up this
mornings paper in which 1 found line:
Tom Armstrong, the editor of the Ma.
tional Labor Tribune. is dead saw the
stalvart man and all his great work before
me, l saw him saying to corporate wealth,
Thus far and no farther" And now,
Tom Armstrong Is dead. Let us hope the
mantle that has dropped from his shoul-
ders will fall upon others as stalwsrt for
all good causes.
Now, my friends have done. 1t would
be pleasure to speak at greater length on
our principles, to tell you more in detail
of the world as Knighthood would make It.
But only hope that every Knight will
leave this house tonight determined to do
his whole duty. would have you edu-
cate yourselves for the duties of this world.
Let every man, woman and child in this
audience leave this place tonight resolving
to do this. 1t is your duty; zee TO it that
1T is well done. Let every man and woman
read and lsy to heart the declaration of
principles Of this order. Let them do this
and when their work is over they cen lie
down as did that dead workman of whom
have Just spoken, conscious that their work
is done, and we'll donen
THE PEOPLE AND THEIR GOVERNMENT.
The topic OF President ]. A. SIeeter, of
the farmers Alliance, was "The people,
their goYernment.n lie began by sho wing